NSW AR wins two excellence awards
29 October 2012
Austbrokers has named Craig Fretwell as the NSW and overall national winner of this year’s Frank Earl Platinum Award…
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AFA hails rising star Hale
29 October 2012
Matt Hale, a planner with Financial Design For Life in Victoria, has been named this year’s Association of Financial Advisers’ Rising Star…
Target Group makes key appointments
29 October 2012
Auckland-based Target Harlosh has appointed David Conway as Head of Delivery Services for Australia and New Zealand…
Insurance employment riding high
22 October 2012
Employment sentiment in the insurance industry remains strong, despite lingering uncertainty in the broader financial services sector, according to the latest Hays report…
Wesfarmers working on being more sustainable
22 October 2012
Water consumption has fallen at Wesfarmers Insurance but the workplace safety record has risen dramatically…
AMP graduates get degree opportunity
22 October 2012
AMP will offer graduates of its Horizons Academy the chance to become degree-qualified, in a partnership with the University of New South Wales…
Who beat the boss?
22 October 2012
A team from Wesfarmers won the Create Foundation’s annual Beat the Bosses quiz…
NIBA takes 2013 convention to Melbourne
15 October 2012
The National Insurance Brokers Association’s annual convention will be held in Melbourne next year, with an intensive survey of delegates to this year’s Gold Coast event expected to help set the agenda…
IBNA appoints new board members
15 October 2012
Insurance Brokers Network Australia’s new board says enhancing its products and establishing its BrokersIT platform are priorities for the year ahead…
Lumley’s Ford moves on
15 October 2012
Lumley Finance GM Corporate Development Neville Ford is leaving the Wesfarmers stable to run the broking operation of another insurer, believed to be Hollard…
CQIB president retires
15 October 2012
Alan Schafer has retired as president of the Council of Queensland Insurance Brokers…
More NZ awards finalists announced
15 October 2012
Lumley, NZI and Vero have been named finalists in the Intermediated Insurance Company of the Year category at the New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards…
UAC broadens membership criteria
15 October 2012
The Underwriting Agencies Council is widening its membership criteria to cater for the wide range of organisations that now want to join…
Finalists for AFA female excellence award
15 October 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers has announced its six finalists for this year’s Female Excellence in Advice Award…
Alan Wilson wins Broker of the Year
08 October 2012
Victorian country broker Alan Wilson has won the inaugural NIBA Zurich Broker of the Year award…
Melbourne broker wins Warren Tickle award
08 October 2012
Amanda Marinis has won this year’s Warren Tickle Memorial Award for an outstanding young professional broker…
Lex McKeown award goes to John George
08 October 2012
MGA Group Chairman John George has won the National Insurance Brokers Association’s Lex McKeown Trophy for services to broking and to the association…
Austbrokers aims for female board member by 2015
08 October 2012
Broking group Austbrokers has put a diversity policy in place to retain and promote female employees…
Karafilis moves to Insurance House
08 October 2012
Jim Karafilis has joined Insurance House as GM Agency Division…
Good response for ANZIIF mentor scheme
08 October 2012
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance says its new mentoring program is off to a strong start…